Badaward / Branched Sweet-Sultan
Oligochaeta ramosa
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Punjab, Bihar & more
- Flowering
- September-March
How to identify Badaward
Identify Badaward by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: September-March.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Punjab, Bihar, Tamil Nadu.
- Confirm it sits within the Asteraceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Badaward.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Oligochaeta ramosa
- Genus
- Oligochaeta
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Scrub jungles
- Habitat type
- Scrub
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India, Afghanistan, Pakistan
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Punjab, Bihar, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-March
- Conservation status
- Vulnerable (VU)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Badaward itself; the rest are typical of the Asteraceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Head
- Fruit
- Achene
Characters marked “recorded” are for Badaward itself; the rest are typical of the Asteraceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Gujarati
- Bhoy dandi
- Hindi
- Badaward
- Marathi
- Sakaj
- Rajasthani
- ऊंट कंटीलो Unt kantilo
About Badaward
Branched Sweet-Sultan (Oligochaeta ramosa) is a herb in the Asteraceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Punjab, Bihar and 1 other states. It grows in scrub jungles. Flowering and fruiting run from September to March.
Asteraceae
Daisy/Sunflower family
Badaward belongs to the Asteraceae family.
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